All of the job slots will be transferred to Cheatham, but certain civilian jobs could come open if workers decide not to transfer.

Those civilians will be offered separation incentives and placed on the priority placement list.

The transfer is yet another result of the 1995 federal base-closing process, undertaken as part of the post-Cold War reduction of military facilities and strength.

The federal commission appointed to oversee that process decided to close the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in Oakland, Calif., the parent base of the FHSO, by Sept. 30, 1998, resulting in the FHSO's move.